Miss Ima Hogg holds court at her 90th birthday party at Winedale in August 1972. Bill Clough/Houston Chronicle. Ima Hogg, April 6, 1967. Joe W. Cariker/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Archives.

'Miss Ima Hogg' HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/11/2000): Miss Ima Hogg, an oil on canvas by Robert C. Joy, offers a glimpse of one of the city's most well-known patrons. MFA.

Ima Hogg, also known as Miss Ima, lived from 1882 to 1975. Growing up, McManis heard tales about the Hogg family that later turned into story ideas, she said.